May 2015

Volume 12

Issue 05

To reach London with the distinctive, Christ-centered, Seventh-day Adventist message of Hope and Wholeness.

NEWSLETTER

London, Ontario

Adventist Leader in
Nepal Tells of Panic
and Pain
No Adventists were injured in the earthquake, but at
least four churches were damaged.
By Andrew McChesney,

news editor, Adventist Review

In This Issue
Adventist Leader in Nepal.......................2
Why You Shouldnt Waste Money on
Multivitamins....3
Stop Hitting the Repeat Button of
History........4
A Jamaican Gives Up His Dreadlocks
His All for Jesus...4
Sri Lankan Authorities Seek to Disband
Adventist Congregation......6

How I Saw Jesus Hands in

San Antonio.....7
Zambia Celebrates Milestone of 1 Million
Adventists..............................................8
Voice of Prophecy Cuts Ribbon at New
Offices....................................................9
The Privilege of Assurance...10
Western District schedule of speakers,
May 2015...12

The president of the Adventist Church in Nepal described scenes of suffering and panic after a powerful earthquake and multiple aftershocks killed more
than 2,200 people and damaged scores of buildings, including at least four Adventist churches.
Umesh Pokharel, president of the Nepal Section, an attached field of the
Southern Asia Division, said no Adventist believers are known to have been
injured in the 7.8 magnitude quake, which struck around midday Sabbath, April
25, as Christians of all faiths worshiped across the country. So far no Adventist
has been killed, Pokharel told the Adventist Review on Sunday. However,
many Christians were buried while they were worshiping on Sabbath and died.
In Nepal, all Christians worship on Saturday because it is a nonworking day
unlike Sunday, when the country works. Pokharel said four Adventist churches were

Why You Shouldnt

Waste Money on Multivitamins
BY THOMAS CAMPBELL, MD

partly destroyed. But there may be more, he said. Emergency workers were still gauging the
full impact of Saturdays earthquake and some 100 aftershocks, including a 6.7-magnitude tremor
on Sunday afternoon. The epicenter was about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the capital, Kathmandu, and the death toll in the city alone has topped 700 people, local authorities said.

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The human suffering breaks our
hearts and moves us with deep sympathy for the thousand of families who
have experienced loss, said Ted N.C.
Wilson, president of the Adventist world
church. May this be an opportunity to
show Christs ministry of love and compassion in all that we do as we see
more of these disasters happening signaling the nearness of Christs return,
he said in a statement. (See full statement below.) The Adventist Development and Relief Agencys local office
has deployed workers to assist people

More than 14,000 injured .

with food and shelter, and its international headquarters in Silver Spring,
Maryland, decided on Sunday to dispatch an emergency response team.
ADRA also was mobilizing 2,000
tarpaulins and tools, and 2,000 jerry
cans from Dubai, said Natalia LpezThismn, spokeswoman for ADRA International. We will be focusing on
shelter for those whove lost their
homes, she said. We will likely be
partnering with GlobalMedic on water,
hygiene and sanitation projects. The
150-bed Adventist hospital just outside
Kathmandu, the Scheer Memorial Hospital, has been inundated with hundreds
of people seeking medical treatment.

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Help After Deadly Quake
Rocks Nepal
Great Pain and Panic

More than 5,000 people were injured in the quake. People are in great
pain and panic, Pokharel said. He said
many areas have no electricity and no

water, while telephone and other

communication networks have been
disrupted and roads are badly damaged. Pokharel was worshiping in a
church in Newari, a village in the Kathmandu Valley about 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the capital, when the
earthquake hit. We saw houses collapsing with our own eyes, he said in a
report to the Southern Asia Division. All
the people came out of their homes,
crying and asking God to forgive them
for their mistakes and to save them.
He said geologists had warned
local residents and the Nepalese government for years to prepare for a possible earthquake in the Kathmandu Valley so the disaster hadnt come as a
complete surprise. But countrywide rescue operations were complicated by a
lack of prior preparations, funds and
coordination between the government
and other agencies, he said.The 12mile trip from the village back to Kathmandu took four hours. By the time we
arrived home it was almost 5 p.m. and
all the neighbors were outside their
homes, Pokharel said, We all stayed
outside under the open sky and felt
many aftershocks. People across Nepal slept outdoors or in cars as a precaution despite cold and rainy weather
on Saturday night. The Adventist
Church has 8,859 members worshiping
in 106 congregations in Nepal, according to the latest figures from the General Conferences Office of Archives,
Statistics, and Research. The Hindudominated country has a population of
about 28 million.
Whats Needed Next
Pokharel said he was seeking to
restore contact with all church workers
in Nepal and to make sure they have
food, clothing, tents, blankets, and
medicine. The Nepal Section needs
immediate help to meet these needs,
he said. He said he also was seeking
details about church buildings affected
by the quake and taking steps to repair
them. At the same time, church members in Kathmandu were preparing to
reach out to neighbors with assistance
and information about quake preparedness.
Kathmandu is in an earthquake

zone, and the church feels that we

need to initiate an awareness program,
Pokharel said. He asked for church
members worldwide to pray for Nepal.
His call was echoed by T.P. Kurian,
communication director for the Southern Asian Division, who has been in
close contact with the Nepalese church.
We request all to pray for the people of
Nepal, Kurian said. Also they need aid
and support to recover from the effects
of the earthquake. He said the division
was considering asking the Adventist
world church and ADRA for relief assistance.
ADRA has launched an urgent
fundraising drive for Nepal, asking people to click on the Donate tab on its
website, ADRA.org.

Exercising with a friend or spouse gives

greater satisfaction, improves relationship and accountability

Sleep is our primary source of physical

restoration and healing

Sabbath rest was designed by God to

bring restorative powers to our souls.

Reading challenges the mind; sharing

of knowledge encourages growth

Gratitude improves ones outlook on

life, and can be a refreshing tonic to
enhance the attitude.

Prayer is vital, but at times praying is

not enough, seek professional help

Take a techno- vacation: turn off your

devices for a few hours, and have conversation with family, or a friend.

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Why You Shouldnt Waste Money on

Multivitamins
The following is an excerpt from The Campbell Plan, which
was just released by Rodale Books.
Many people view multivitamins as some sort of insurance
policy that they use so theyll feel that theyve got their bases covered when it comes to nutrition. Unfortunately, its
an insurance policy that wont pay out and in some cases
may be harmful, but people have been buying and taking
multivitamins since the first one was introduced in the
1940s. I never recommend a multivitamin for general
health. I think its a waste of money, and generally the scientific authorities agree.

min and mineral supplements can be a significant cause of

poisoning in children, and birth defects and liver damage
have been associated with excess vitamin A ingestion. The
National Institutes of Health panel wrote, There is evidence, however, that certain ingredients in [multivitamin/
mineral] supplements can produce adverse effects.
.Although these studies are not definitive, they do suggest possible safety concerns that should be monitored for
primary components of multivitamins. For all of these reasons, I propose that you avoid a general multivitamin supplement for maintaining overall health.
Read more about how healthy food can do more for your
health and your life than any pill in The Campbell Plan. In
it, Dr. Campbell uses the latest scientific research to create
a practical and easy-to-follow plan that will help you lose
weight and reverse illness.

A National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Panel

was convened to examine the issue of vitamin and mineral
supplements for the prevention of chronic disease. By
chronic disease, I mean illnesses like cancer and heart,
endocrine, musculoskeletal, neurological, and sensory disease, among others. The expert panel found that the present evidence is insufficient to recommend either for or
against the use of multivitamins by the American public to
prevent chronic disease. Evidence suggests that multivitamin supplements do not protect against cardiovascular disease.
There are conflicting studies on multivitamins effect on
cancer. Some studies have shown some small benefits,
while others have actually shown an increased risk of cancer, most famously the trials showing higher rates of lung
cancer among smokers taking betacarotene. There have
been some studies showing benefits with certain vitamin
and zinc formulations for eye health, specifically macular
degeneration, but not cataracts.
In general, the story of multivitamins is a perfect example
of reductionism in nutrition research. The pattern that continues to repeat is that observational studies (in which scientists simply record and analyze factors and outcomes,
without intervention) find that those people with higher intake or higher blood levels of single vitamins have lower
rates of certain diseases. Rather than stop there and focus
on trying to get everyone to adopt healthier dietary patterns
with more of those vitamins, researchers progress to studying whether pills with those isolated vitamins or minerals
can have the same beneficial effect. Isolated nutrients will
never have the same beneficial effect as healthy whole
foods, as has been shown time and time again in repeated
failed trials of vitamins. This is covered in greater detail
inThe China Study and in Whole.
In addition, multivitamins are not necessarily benign. There
is evidence in some studies that risk of certain cancers in
some patient groups is increased with supplement use. In
addition, there may be a higher risk of kidney stones and
heart attacks in those who use calcium supplements. VitaThis Newsletter is produced by the Communication department , Email: newsletter@adventistontario.ca

Stop Hitting the

Repeat Button of
History
By Kent Kingston, assistant editor
of South Pacific Adventist Record
Adventists should consider during the

that Jesus may have returned in

Whites lifetime if the church had been
better spiritually prepared.
Instead were repeating. God rescued a mob of complaining slaves
from Egypt and called them His chosen people. Nevertheless, God was
not pleased with most of them; their
bodies were scattered in the wilderness, recalls the apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 10:5).
Repeat. Jesus handpicked and
trained 12 disciples to be His witnesses to the ends of the earth. Within a
few centuries the movement theyd
started had been corrupted by wealth
and power, infected with paganism
and encrusted by tradition.

100 Days of Prayer whether they have

failed to learn the lessons of history.
A poster on the wall of my high
schools history classroom bore this
warning: Those who fail to learn the
lessons of history are destined to repeat them.
Somehow I must have missed the
point because I found myself learning
modern European history all over
again when I repeated 11th grade.
Consequently the basic facts of World
War I and the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign, whose 100th anniversary is now
being remembered, remain firmly implanted in my memory. Barbed wire,
tanks, trench warfare, machine guns,
mustard gas, shellshock. Mans inhumanity to man.
Is it possible that Seventh-day Adventists could also fail to learn the lessons of history?
A thought-provoking film released
as part of the General Conferences
100 Days of Prayer campaign recalls
Ellen G. Whites vision of Adventist
leaders humbling themselves and confessing sins. Sadly it was not a vision
that became reality but only a glimpse
of What Might Have Been, as the film
is titled. Theres even a suggestion

Repeat. God chose the Protestant

reformers to bring the church back to
holiness through Bible translation and
rediscovery of forgotten doctrine. But
despite their progress they reprised so
many of their predecessors errors that
the Protestant movement was seen to
fulfill Revelations description of the
image of the beast. Repeat. A faithful
band of disappointed Millerites is driven back to the Bible by the urgency of
last days prophecy. Together they
reestablish many neglected truths and
found a vibrant church that reaches
every corner of the globe. A century
and a half later, however, this advent
movement ruefully recognizes itself in
the lukewarm Laodicean church of
Revelation 3:17: You say, I am rich; I
have acquired wealth and do not need
a thing. But you do not realize that
you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind
and naked.
How many times do Gods people
need to repeat the lesson before we
learn what Hes trying to teach us? Im
thankful that Jesus message to the
Laodicean church is not one of rejection, but correction: Those whom I
love I rebuke and discipline. So be
earnest and repent (Revelation 3:19).
Its not too late to learn the lessons
of history; to focus not on what might
have been but on what will be.

A Jamaican
Gives Up His
Dreadlocks
His All for Jesus
The Rastafarian runs to
the barbershop on a Sunday night to get baptized.
Going more than 30 years without
a haircut did not disqualify a 66-yearold Jamaican man from baptism. But
his decision to dart out of an evangelistic meeting and find a barbershop on
a Sunday night convinced the pastor
that he was willing to sacrifice all for
Jesus. George Johnson, a Rastafarian
adherent who had taken a Nazarite
vow not to cut his hair, told an astonished audience at a Seventh-day Adventist tent meeting in northern Jamaica that he once believed in the divinity
of the former emperor of Ethiopia and
had made plans to move to Africa. But
now, he said, his loyalty was to the
Creator God and he longed to go to
heaven. Even if I had to cut off my
hand to accept Jesus Christ as my
Lord and Savior, I would do it, Johnson, freshly trimmed and shaved, said
at his baptism. With his voice choking
with emotion, he added: Nobody
forced me to be baptized. No woman
seduced me either. I hear them saying
that Haile Selassie is God, but my God
created the heavens and the Earth.
Because of Johnsons testimony,
several people decided to accept Jesus and get baptized during the fourweek Prepare to Meet Thy God
evangelistic series last month. A total
of 15 people were baptized.
Johnson asked to be baptized after deciding that his decades-long
search for a church that taught biblical
truth had ended at the tent meeting.

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He had lived for more than three decades as a devout
Rastafarian, part of a religious movement that emerged
from Jamaicas slums in the 1920s and 1930s.
Rastafarians are united in their pride in African heritage

George Johnson gave his life to Jesus.

and belief in the divinity of the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile
Selassie I. Their lifestyle often includes the wearing of their
hair in dreadlocks, the ritual use of marijuana, avoidance of
alcohol, and vegetarianism.
Dreadlocks vs. Jesus

Johnson said he had visited many churches before attending the evangelistic meetings in the city of Falmouth
Gardens. For 60 years I have been in the dark, he said.
When I went to the campaign, I heard the evangelist
preach. My eyes were opened. The good news filled my
heart. I found my church, and I am not leaving it! The path
toward baptism was not easy. Johnson decided to give his
heart to Jesus at the start of the second week of the meetings. But the local senior pastor, Carlington Hylton, was uncertain if Johnson was ready. The two spoke before the
evangelistic meeting opened on a Sunday evening.

Who Is This Man?

But that same night, after listening to evangelist Livingston Burgess preach, Johnson went missing. He reappeared in line with the baptismal candidates. Who is this
man? asked Clavour Tucker, a local pastor who had just
led the candidates in completing their baptismal vows.
I didnt recognize him, nor did anyone else, Tucker
said. So I asked Elder Burgess to check who he was. To
our astonishment it was George! He had gotten a haircut, a
clean shave, and was ready for baptism. He said the excitement grew under the tent as the audience realized what
had happened, and many began to clap with joy. We all
couldnt believe what had taken place, Tucker said. You
see, at that time of the evening, most barber shops are
closed. But George found someone to cut off his dreadlocks
just in time to be baptized. Hylton said he was amazed, and
his concerns were laid to rest There was nothing I could do.
The man wanted Jesus so badly that he went and cut off his
locks, he said. The cutting of the hair for me was a public
statement that George may not know much, but he knew
that God wanted him. I could not deny him baptism. Johnson said in an interview this week that he had no regrets
about giving up his hair.
When I listened to the sermon that Sunday night, I reflected that I had been in the dark all these years, he said.
I couldnt wait another day. I wanted to be baptized now.
After hearing all that good news in the Bible, I realized that I
needed Jesus now. That is why I cut off my hair.

I went to the tent early, at about 6:30, to get acquainted

with the candidates presented by the Bible instructors,
Hylton said. George was shown to me as a prospect sitting
in the front seat of the tent, waiting for his baptism. I asked
the Bible instructor if there was any discussion with him
about his hair, and I was told, No. Hylton spoke with Johnson about his religious beliefs.
I asked him if he was a Rastafarian or if his locks were
just a hairstyle, the pastor said. He told me he was a Rastafarian and was hoping to go back to Africa, where his forefathers are from. He said that he had taken a Nazarite vow,
and his hair was his covenant, and it should not be cut.
Hylton said he realized that Johnson needed more time.
He assured Johnson that he was not being denied baptism
and made arrangement to meet at noon the next day for
further Bible studies.

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Sri Lankan Authorities

Seek to Disband Adventist
Congregation
The case, instigated by Buddhist monks,
raises new fears of religious intolerance.

The churchs options appear limited. If it doesnt win the

court case, church members could complain to the national
human rights commission in Colombo that they are being
deprived of their right to worship freely and ask that it intervene, church leaders said. While a trip to Colombo might
work in the churchs favor, it also might create additional
problems. The Buddhist monks could agitate the masses,
causing unrest in the community, and then accuse the Adventists of disturbing the peace. Seventy percent of Sri
Lankas population of 20.5 million identifies itself as Theravada Buddhists, while 12 percent are Shaivite Hindus, and
10 percent are Muslims. Christians account for about 7.5
percent of the population, and 6 percent of those are Roman Catholic.
The Adventist Church, which first entered Sri Lanka in
the early 1900s, has about 3,300 members worshiping in
60 congregations across the country, according to the latest
figures from its Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research.The church has faced trouble in Sri Lanka before. A
pastor and several other church leaders were beaten earlier
in Deniyaya, located about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from
the house-church, and the Adventist Church lost its house
of worship in that town.

Buddhist monks forced the closure of another SDA church .

The president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in

Sri Lanka asked for worldwide prayers for a congregation of
nearly 80 members that local authorities are seeking to disband at the request of Buddhist monks. The congregations
struggle in the village of Pitabeddara, located in the south
of the predominantly Buddhist island state, comes after
Buddhist monks forced the closure of another Adventist
church and amid a growth in religious liberty concerns
around the world.
Adventist believers are worshiping in the Pitabeddara
house-church, which is also the pastors home, despite an
order from the authorities to disband, said George Wambeek, president of the Sri Lanka Mission of Seventh-day
Adventists. A court in the capital, Colombo, is scheduled to
consider an appeal made by the pastor for freedom to worship in the house-church on May 7. Wambeek said there
was no easy solution to the threatened closure, and he appealed to church members to pray. We have 77 believers
in this company, and many more are waiting to join, he
said. But due to this threat and opposition by Buddhists
monks, the church cant develop.
The pastor ignored the order to disband because the top
local governing body, the Cabinet, was not involved in the
decision and he saw it as an attack on religious freedom
instigated by Buddhist monks, Wambeek said. He described the pastor, a former police officer, as very bold
and burning to work for the Lord and bring in souls to the
church.
The lawyer who is fighting this case for us also advised
us not to stop worshiping because this was an instigation
by anti-Christian groups led by Buddhist monks, he said.

Fears about religious liberty are not limited to Sri Lanka.

In late March, the Adventist Church expressed concern
about two church members who were detained in Muslimdominant Bangladeshon unclear allegations linked to religious freedom. Last August, Hindu activists threatened to
seize an Adventist church in an Indian village after reconverting its last members. Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the
Adventist world church, raised concerns about religious
freedom during a meeting with United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon earlier this month. Unfortunately,
what is happening in Sri Lanka is not new but the result of
growing religious intolerance, said John Graz, director of
the religious liberty and public affairs department of the Adventist world church.
When religious freedom is attacked, all freedoms are in
danger, he said. I hope the government and the people of
Sri Lanka will allow the house-church to continue to worship.

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How I Saw Jesus

Hands in San Antonio
Five stories from the free health clinic at
the Alamodome stadium.
By Russ Laughlin,

vice president for spiritual development,

SDA, provided $20 million worth of treatment to 6,192 people.

Southwestern Adventist University

The woman in the waiting area covered her mouth with

her hand every time she spoke. She told me that she was
embarrassed by her teeth and had come to the Alamodome
stadium in San Antonio, Texas, in hope of smiling again. In
a heavy Spanish accent, she confided that she had not
smiled in years. The woman was among thousands of people waiting for free dental and medical care at the Alamodome last week. The free clinic, organized and implemented by Seventh-day Adventists, provided $20 million
worth of treatment to 6,192 people on April 8 to 10.
I was one of 1,700 volunteers who participated at the
Your Best Pathway to Health event. While many of the other 70 students and faculty from Southwestern Adventist
University offered medical attention to patients, I spent
most of the three days talking and praying with people as
they waited for dental treatment. These are five stories that
I witnessed. The woman embarrassed about her teeth expressed extreme nervousness when her turn came. So we
paused to pray as I walked with her to the dentist. I introduced the woman to the dentist and told him that she was
nervous but really wanted to get her smile back. The dentist
smiled warmly at the woman and reassured her that he was
there to help her smile again. As I walked away, the dentist
placed his hand on her shoulder and, together with his two
assistants, prayed with her. Several hours later, near the
end of the day, the woman returned to the waiting area to
say thank you. She was beaming! Her smile was beautiful
and contagious.

***
An older gentleman waited all day for a crown for one
of his teeth. He had been in line since early morning and,
while he waited, he asked about the Adventist Churchs
beliefs and why Adventists would voluntarily help others
without seeking anything in return.
Unfortunately, he was one person too far back in the
line, and the dentists were not able to see him that day. He
was frustrated, yet willing to try again. We prayed with him
and asked him to come back the next day.
First thing in the morning, as I walked to the entrance of
the Alamodome, the man called out to me from the head of
the line. He had waited all night to be at the front. Several
hours later, he had the crown on his tooth.
***
A middle-aged, attractive, and impatient Eastern European immigrant dropped in for a tooth-cleaning. She voiced
frustration about having to wait. Many names were ahead
of hers on the waiting list, and she checked the document
frequently, perhaps hoping that this would speed things up.
Finally her turn came, and she disappeared into a curtained cubicle. She returned to the waiting area several
hours later. This time she was smiling, cheerful, happy. Her
teeth had been cleaned. Her hair had been colored by the
one of the free hairdressers at the stadium. Her attitude
was changed. She was a new woman. She gave each volunteer a hug.
***
On the first day, I was called from the dental team to
help the hospitality team. As I led someone to the eye-care
line, a woman already in the line looked at me and exclaimed,I know you! Confused, I fumbled for a response. I
did not recognize the woman nor did I know what to say.
Fortunately, she continued to speak.
I know you. You have been to San Antonio before,
she said. I met you at the Missions. You prayed with me.
You had a little, curly haired girl with you.
My mind raced. Seventeen years earlier, I had taken
my daughter on a trip to the San Antonio Missions National
Historical Park, which preserves four Spanish frontier missions. By the time that we reached the third mission on that
Sabbath afternoon, my daughter had seen enough.
But then we noticed a disabled woman weaving reeds
into the shape of a cross and selling them to visitors. My
daughter was fascinated with how this woman was able to
deftly create the crosses, and we spoke with her as we
watched her work. We did not have any money to give her,
but before we left, we asked if we could pray together. After
praying, we wished her Gods blessing and left.
Now I looked at this stranger at the Alamodome. The
eye-care line moved forward, and the woman took a step. It
was then that I noticed that she walked with a limp.
Seventeen years earlier we had prayed together at the
park. By divine appointment, in the Alamodome, God
brought us together again to pray.
***
A young mother with two sons waited for hours for a
pediatric dentist to put a filling in her younger sons tooth.
She had insurance, but it did not cover dental care

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. So when her boss heard about the free clinic, she was
given the day off and told to take her sons for help.
This mother had a good job that provided enough money to keep her boys housed, clothed, and fed, but she did
not have room in her budget for a visit to the dentist.
She waited patiently in line. Her older son was examined first, and his teeth were cleaned.
After an hour and a half, the boy had a flawless filling
made by the experienced hands of a man committed to being Gods hands.
The younger sons need was greater and would require
more time and effort.
It was 3:30 p.m. when the pediatric dentist became
available, only 30 minutes before we were to wrap up the
first day. The dentist was a kind, elderly man from Colorado
who was understandably exhausted after a full day of
standing and treating patients.
He studied the young boys X-ray and then peered inside his mouth at the tooth.
Slowly, he shook his head. We will need to do this tomorrow, he said.
He asked the mother if she could come back in the
morning. She smiled sadly, shook her head, and thanked
the doctor. She had to work the next day.
The dentist reassured her that he would take care of the
tooth in the morning if she came back. But she could not
return.
The mother was kind and thanked the dentist for his
time. As she turned to leave, the dentist turned, dropped his
head, and removed his glasses. I think I saw a tear at the
edge of his eye. I could sense his desire to serve and could
see his exhaustion. He understood the difficulty of the cavity
and knew that it would require more time than we had left
that day.
As the mother and her sons took a step toward the exit,
the dentist turned around.
Wait! he called after them. Please come back. That
young man needs that filling.
After praying with the family, I watched the skilled
dentist drill and fill the tooth with the help of a student assistant. He meticulously and carefully performed the procedure.

Zambia Celebrates Milestone of 1 Million

Adventists
Zambia becomes the fourth country in
the world to pass the 1 million mark

Zambias president joined thousands of Adventist believers in a stadium to celebrate the Adventist Churchs membership topping 1 million in the African country.
President Edger Lungu watched a parade of Pathfinders
in green and white uniforms and took part in a worship service at the Heroes National Stadium in Zambias capital,
Lusaka, during the celebration on Sabbath, April 25.
The name of God and His church was uplifted. It was a
high moment for the Seventh-day Church in Zambia and
beyond, said Paul Ratsara, president of the churchs
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division, whose territory includes Zambia.
The president of the country and the dignitaries even
decided to attend the divine service, Ratsara told
the Adventist Review. I had the heavy responsibility to
break the bread of life.
With the membership milestone, Zambia has more Adventist members than any other country in Africa and joins
just three countries with more than 1 million members: Brazil (1.5 million), India (1.5 million), and the United States
(1.2 million). The Philippines is not far behind, with 918,669
members as of December, and Kenya (824,185) and Zimbabwe (803,521) are closing the gap.
Adventist leaders in attendance at the celebration included Ratsara; Pardon Mwansa, vice president of the Adventist
world church; and Harrington Akombwa, president of the
Adventist Church in Zambia.
The celebration was characterized with songs and Bible
readings, the Lusaka Times said.
One hundred people were baptized at the event, it said.
Evangelism is a way of life and not just an event in Zambia, Ratsara said. He said the Adventist Church in Zambia,
which has about 6,000 congregations in a country with a
population of 15.5 million, was growing rapidly because laypeople and pastors work closely together and newly baptized members are placed in a program called Fishers of
Men that turns them into disciple-makers. Many of those in
attendance at the Lusaka stadium were young people and
members of the Zambian churchs Dorcas Society, two
groups whom church leaders credit with driving local church
growth.
Young people have been the dynamos behind the stunning growth. Women from the famed Dorcas Society are
another major contributing factor to the surge in membership in recent years, G.T. Ng, executive secretary of the
Adventist world church, said by e-mail. Perhaps the passion and exuberance of youth and women in the life and
ministry of the church in Zambia is something the world
church can emulate.

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Ribbon at New Offices
By Rajmund Dabrowski, communication director, Rocky

Street, on the south end of a Chase Manhattan bank building, in downtown Loveland.

For our church in this region, the Voice of Prophecy is

more than a place on the map, said Ed Barnett, president
of the churchs Rocky Mountain Conference. We are excited to officially welcome them as partners in mission in the
Rocky Mountain Conference.

Mountain Conference

Shawn Boonstra brings the religious broadcaster to the

Colorado hometown of its founder, H.M.S Richards.

Chickpea Deluxe Recipe

In blender or food processor finely blend:

The Voice of Prophecy is more than a place on the map

The Voice of Prophecy, the 85-year-old pioneer in religious broadcasting, has held a grand opening at new offices in the U.S. state of Colorado seven months after moving
east from California.
In a sense, the broadcast ministry of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church is returning to its roots with the move to
Loveland, the former home of its founder, H.M.S Richards.There is no better place than this community, speaker and director Shawn Boonstra said at the ribbon-cutting
ceremony late last week. We brought this ministry back
home. The ministry claims its place in Loveland because
Richards was a Loveland resident and 1914 graduate of
nearby Campion Academy. A Loveland elementary school
carries his name.Richards started his evangelistic ministry
in 1929 in Los Angeles, broadcasting the Tabernacle of the
Air program and starting Christian broadcasting in the United States. Today, the Voice of Prophecy is regarded as a
forerunner of international broadcasting for the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
The grand opening brought together a crowd of about
300 local civic leaders, members of the Loveland Chamber
of Commerce, and local Adventist believers.

The whole world will hear about

God's love from a city called Loveland,
Boonstra said. The Voice of Prophecy left its former offices in Simi Valley, California, after the Adventist Churchs
North American Division decided to sell its media center
there. The ministry had office space in the media center.

1 package of baby spinach (5 ounces)

1 cups of your favorite parsley (stems removed)
Pour mixture over 3 cups of canned (drained) chickpeas in
a large bowl
In a small bowl mix together:
cup of fresh lime or lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon maple syrup or honey
Salt to taste
Pour over chickpeas - spinach mixture. Let stand for 10
minutes, or overnight in refrigerator to develop flavors.
Serves 6
Enjoy!

It now leases offices for its staff of 32 at 255 E. Sixth

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Privilege of

tions, for a pure heart and clean hands? Are you educating
your lips to sing the praises of God, and are you seeking to
do the will of God? This is the kind of education that will be
of the greatest value to you; for it will aid you in the formation of Christlike character.

Do not settle down in Satans easy chair, and say that

there is no use, you cannot cease to sin, that there is no
power in you to overcome. There is no power in you apart
from Christ, but it is your privilege to have Christ abiding in
your heart by faith, and He can overcome sin in you, when
you cooperate with His efforts. You may be living epistles,
known and read of all men. You are not to be a dead letter,
but a living one, testifying to the world that Jesus is able to
save.

Assurance
Posted on Apr 19, 2015 in Daily Devotion

And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall

assure our hearts before him. 1 John 3:19.

I would impress upon our young men and young women

the necessity of making their calling and election sure. I
would beseech you to do no haphazard or uncertain work
where your eternal interests are involved. By so doing you
lose happiness, peace, comfort, and hope in this life, and
you lose also your immortal inheritance.
My young friends, you are judgment bound, and through
the grace of Christ you may render obedience to the commands of God, and daily gain fortitude and strength of character, so that you need not fail or be discouraged. Divine
grace has been abundantly provided for every soul, so that
each one may engage in the conflict and come off victorious. Do not become sluggish; do not flatter yourselves that
you may be saved in walking in accordance with the natural
traits of your characterthat you may drift with the current
of the world, and indulge and please self, and yet be able to
withstand the forces of evil in a time of crisis, and come off
victorious when the battle waxes hot. You must learn
every day to obey the orders of the Captain of the Lords
host.
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